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wrap

[rap] / ræp /
NOUN
clothing that is worn over for warmth
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A framed photo of Kasabian's recent Finsbury Park gig sits in bubble wrap at the foot of the stairs.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

Susan Reynolds, the class president played by Kaia Gerber, shows up to homecoming in a Diane von Furstenberg wrap dress.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Hours later, Seoul's military said the drills would wrap up on Friday, not on August 27 as originally planned.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

I realize that’s a heavy way to wrap up the week, so let’s shift gears.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2026

He lay stomach-down on his tree and put one hand on the ground, ready to wrap it around the tree as soon as the water was deep enough.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

Top officials in the Trump administration have taken the wraps off a plan for tackling the federal government’s persistent deficits.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

"It's all been kept under wraps and we want her out here with us," he said.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

“Guests are responding to wraps, restaurant execution is improving, and transactions strengthened throughout the quarter.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

But why do artists feel they need to keep their plans under wraps, and is there pressure to do so?

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

He sighs deeply and wraps his arms around me in a hug.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

If you’re in the mood for a thriller: Hulu’s sleeper hit Furious—which just wrapped up its first season—stars a trio of knockout performances, but one of its stars towers above the rest.

From Slate Aug. 31, 2026

The loaf came tightly wrapped in cling film with a small white sticker bearing a line drawing of a blue barn.

From Salon Aug. 31, 2026

Leeds was a dream restart, an innings win over Pakistan wrapped up inside three days.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Intuit wrapped up its fiscal year with a fourth-quarter profit of $363 million, or $1.34 a share, compared with $381 million, or $1.35 a share, a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Her grip was strong as she pulled my hand toward her and wrapped it with a cloth.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

While inland China was wrapt in its customary slumber, the coast provinces, from Kwangtung to Chihli, effervesced in a variety of bubbles.

From Time Magazine Archive

A blessing undefined Seemed left, as when church-bells declined And left you wrapt in prayer.

From Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke

Both men listen with the most wrapt attention to what you say, and by smiles and vigorous nods of the head seem to believe in every word you speak.

From Sidelights on Chinese Life by J. (John) Macgowan

He begins with Childhood—mind wrapt up in itself.

From Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

The reason why this African cardamum received either the name of grains of Paradise or of Meleguetta pepper is, like most African things, wrapt in mystery to a certain extent.

From West African studies by Mary Henrietta Kingsley

What are you energetically wrapping up right now?

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

The demonstration came as the first round of US-backed talks between Venezuela's interim government and parts of the opposition was wrapping up.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

It comes at a time when Newsom is wrapping up his final year as California governor and considering a presidential run in 2028.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

UPS is wrapping up years-long restructuring in which the company has cut costs, phased out roughly half its Amazon business, and cut tens of thousands of delivery-driver and warehouse-worker roles.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

I scrubbed quickly with the soap, making sure my hair was wet all the way through before jumping back out and wrapping myself in a towel.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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